Hernán Fernández (Chilean footballer)

Hernán Fernández
Fernández in 1951
Personal information
Full name Hernán Fernández Vilaspaz
Date of birth (1921-03-17)17 March 1921
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 5 July 2010(2010-07-05) (aged 89)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Instituto Nacional
1933–1934 Unión Deportiva Española
1935–1937 Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1951 Unión Española
1952–1953 Santiago Morning
1953 Unión Española
International career
1942–1952 Chile 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hernán Fernández Vilaspaz (17 March 1921 – 5 July 2010) was a Chilean footballer. He played in ten matches for the Chile national football team from 1942 to 1952.[1] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1942 South American Championship.[2]

Career

Fernández joined Unión Deportiva Española, the previous club to Unión Española, in 1933 from Instituto Nacional. He made his senior debut with Unión Española in 1938, aged 17, and won the first two Chilean Primera División league titles in 1943 and 1951.[3]

Personal life

Fernández was born in Santiago, Chile, to a Riojan father, Marcelino Fernández Sáez, who came to Chile in 1912, and a Catalonian mother, Pilar Vilaspaz Nalda.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hernán Fernández". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "South American Championship 1942". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (11 January 2024). "80 años del primer título de Unión Española en 1943". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2025.


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